XVM Volume Manager Administrator's Guide describes the configuration and administration of XVM logical volumes using the XVM Volume Manager. It supports the IRIX 6.5.20 release and SGI ProPack v2.1 for Linux.
 | Note: To use XVM under SGI ProPack, you must obtain and install the appropriate FLEXlm license. |
This guide contains the following information:
Chapter 1, “Introduction to the XVM Volume Manager”, describes the features of the XVM Volume Manager and provides an introduction to the components of an XVM logical volume. It also provides instructions for installing XVM as a standalone volume manager.
Chapter 2, “XVM Administration Concepts”, describes the concepts that underlie the administration commands.
Chapter 3, “The XVM Command Line Interface”, describes the operation of the XVM command line interface and the features it provides.
Chapter 4, “XVM Administration Commands”, summarizes the XVM commands and provides examples of each command. It also provides information about configuring XVM system disks and about the XVM snapshot feature.
Chapter 5, “XVM Administration Procedures”, provides examples of many common XVM administration procedures.
Chapter 6, “Statistics”, provides examples of the statistics that XVM maintains for the components of XVM logical volumes.
Chapter 7, “XVM Volume Manager Operation”, describes various aspects of the way the XVM Volume Manager operates.
Chapter 8, “The XVM Manager GUI”, describes the installation and operation of the XVM Manager graphical user interface (GUI).
Appendix A, “XVM and XLV Logical Volumes”, provides a side-by-side comparison of XVM and XLV logical volume configuration and provides procedures for converting an existing XLV logical volume configuration to an XVM configuration.
Note: To use the mirroring feature described in this guide under either IRIX or Linux, you must purchase the XFS Volume Plexing software option and obtain and install a FLEXlm license.
The following documents contain additional information required to use this product under IRIX:
CXFS Version 2 Software Installation and Administration Guide
IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems
For information on installing a FLEXlm license under IRIX that enables mirroring in XVM logical volumes, see IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing.
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